The slice is the most common problem for many golfers and this is especially true for beginning right-handed players. Learning how to cure a slice in golf is not difficult, but it does take some practice.

What Causes the Golf Slice?

The slice is caused by a club face that is open at impact. For right-handed golfers, this means that the club face is pointing slightly away from their body (i.e. the club face is not square with the ball, but instead pointing away from the body). The reason this club face position causes a golf slice is because as the club face comes through the ball – often from an outside to in swing path – the open position of the face imparts clockwise rotation (or spin) on the ball.

 

The result is a ball flight path that begins straight, but moves to the right. Depending on how severely the club face was open at impact and how much spin was imparted to the golf ball determines the severity of the slice.

What Can I Do To Cure My Slice?

The first and most important thing that a beginning golfer can do to fix their slice is to make sure that the result of their swing has the club face contacting the golf ball squarely. The club face should be neither opened or closed at impact. Imagine a small arrow pointing out from the face of your golf club. This imaginary arrow should be parallel to your feet and should be exactly perpendicular to the golf ball. Positioning the club face like this at impact will minimize any left-to-right (clockwise) spin on the ball and produce a golf shot that is true.

 

Golf Grip To Cure A Slice

A proper golf grip can help cure your slice by forcing the club face to remain square at impact. Take a look at the photo to the left. The image to the far right demonstrates what an open club face at impact looks like. This is the position that produces the slice. The center image is the one that anyone who wants to fix their slice should strive for. Look closely at the grip the golfer is using. His grip is forming a crease between the thumb and palm of his right hand that is pointing directly down the shaft of the golf club at the ball. His right palm is neither ‘under’ the club (as in the leftmost photo) or ‘over’ the club (as in the rightmost photo). This golf grip will help ensure a square club face at contact.

 

What Type Of Swing Will Help Fix My Slice?

At this point we know that a slice happens in golf when the club face is open at impact and produces left-to-right (for right-handed golfers) or clockwise spin on the ball, resulting is the dreaded ball flight path that curves to the right. We have also seen am example of a good golf grip above that will help eliminate your slice.

 

As for the swing that produces the slice, it is any swing that results in an open club face at impact. The club may also be open at impact because the golfer’s body has rotated faster than his or her arms meaning that – at impact – the club face may not be completely returned to its ‘square’ or original position. The slice may also be caused by an out-to-in swing path that results in an open club face as the golfer tries to compensate and get the club back to its original position. Developing a simple golf swing is essential to curing your slice.

 

How To Cure A Golf Slice Video

The video below demonstrates exactly what causes the slice and what steps you need to take to fix your slice.

 

Best Driver to Fix A Slice

There are several new golf drivers for 2018 that have features incorporated into their design to help remedy different types of mis-hits. The drivers that help correct a slice are those that help to minimize an open club face at impact – either through their weighting system or their design. When a golfer doesn’t quite make solid contact with the golf ball, the design of these clubs can actually help correct the mis-hit and reduce the negative effects that cause the slice.

These slice correcting drivers fall into one of two categories: Adjustable (these let you adjust their weighting to counteract the open club face at impact) and Modified Design (these have some type of design modification built into the club that also ‘help’ reduce the effects of mis-hits).

Adjustable Drivers that Help Correct A Golf Slice

The drivers that fall into this category are any of the new drivers that allow the golfer to adjust the club face to be more closed at impact, adjust the weighting of the club to ‘help’ the club face to return to a more square position by moving the weighting more towards the heel of the club, and drivers that have an adjustable hosel to help the driver have more of an upright position at impact.

The best slice-correcting drivers that have an adjustable weighting system or hosel, or both are:

CALLAWAY ROGUE DRIVER of 2018

This driver won BeginnerGolfSwingTips.com Best In Show Award for the Easiest to Hit Driver for High Handicappers.  This club has a patented Optilift hosel that allows the golfer to adjust the loft of the club in order to close the clubface by one degree. This can help fix the slice.

Although this driver is extremely forgiving due to other aspects of its design, the one negative of the Callaway Rogue Driver is that there is only a single, non-adjustable, Center of Gravity (CG) stetting that is not adjustable.

This prevents the golfer from also adjusting the CG to increase the Moment of Inertia (MOI). It’s basic setting and already high MOI makes this less of an issue for most golfers. However, if you have an extreme slice, the next slice-correcting driver on my list may be more appropriate for you.

COBRA KING F7 with Cobra Connect

Probably the best adjustable slice-correcting driver, the Cobra King F7 allows the user to adjust the Center-of-Gravity through three separate CG settings in the front, back and heel positions.

This club also comes complete with MYFLY8 with SMARTPAD-8 that allows the golfer to to easily adjust loft settings to manage trajectory and an adjustable hosel to help minimize an open clubface at impact – one of the main causes of the slice.

The latest(and coolest) feature of the F7 Driver is that it comes with Cobra Connect, an electronic swing tracking device, integrated into the grip. This sensor sends information to a smartphone App called Arccos that allows the golfer to track distance, flight path, and other metrics.

This driver is like having 3 drivers in 1 due to its extreme adjustability with the technological advancements that can help the user to understand why he is slicing the golf ball and the adjustability to counteract these measures.

Modified Design Drivers that Help Fix A Slice

The drivers that fall into this category are those clubs that have a unique or different design feature built into the club by the manufacturer. These drivers can also be adjustable, but the main thing is that there has been some design enhancement made to the club.

TAYLORMADE M3 Driver

 

The M3 Driver from TaylorMade incorporates something called TwistFace technology. This is a radical re-design to the face of the club whereby the face of the club has been curved so that off-center hits are somewhat corrected by the face angle.

An amazing effect of this new face design is that the curvature of the face also reduces side spin (a major cause of the golf slice) and delivers straighter shots.

TwistFace Technology also provides more loft in high-toe areas where common mis-hits occur and less loft in low-heel areas where common mis-hits occur. The result is more consistent spin no matter where on the face of the club the golf ball is impacted.

In addition, the M3 Driver from TaylorMade has an adjustable loft feature, as well as an adjustable weighting feature, so this driver has twice the slice-correcting features as the other drivers on our list.

If you would like to read more about this topic, click here to see my Top 5 Slice Correcting Drivers and what features they all have in common.

Conclusion

So learning how to cure a slice in golf really only requires a six simple  steps:

1) Understand What Is Causing Your Slice
2) Keep The Club Face Square At Impact
3) Use a Proper Grip
4) Develop A Proper Swing To Correct Your Slice
5) Try an Adjustable or Modified Design Driver
6) Practice!